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Just a quick post to give a thumbs up to the Westfield team. Today I emailed Ian Galloway at the factory with a technical question. He sent 2 emails back in next to no time with the answers I needed

Camp Krusty at Le Mans, (Andy’s car to the left, Jordan’s red S2000, not quite visible behind him(!) and Bagpus behind me!) And then on our way to the port in Caen, we stopped to pay our respects at Pegasus Bridge,

Initially this is to gauge the level of interest, as it takes a fair bit of preparation/organisation for such an event and quite frankly not worth putting on for 5-6 cars. Ideally, at least 15-20 cars would make it worthwhile, and if successful, encouraging to run it again next year. It would take 3-4 weekends of my own time, and about 6-800 miles to map and test the route, so I need to feel confident that would be well-subscribed. Similar to the old-school night (road) rallies, regularity rallies and historic rallies, it would be run with 'tulip navigation' but in a non-competitive way with questions asked along the route to make it a bit more fun and ensure the full route has been covered. The route will cover the Borders/Lanarkshire/Dumfries area - ideal for both Clan McWesty and the north of England (provided you have a valid passport! - and keep your eyes off our cattle). It's easier done two-up (driver and navigator) and have chosen a Saturday for the run so that you can shout your navigator (wife/girlfriend/mistress...) a nice night in a hotel and make the most of the bank holiday weekend. There's nothing stopping anyone doing it solo though - just need to multi-task. At this initial stage, I plan the finish to be near Peebles, where there is a range of hotels/accommodation, and we can crash one of the pubs on the Saturday night.. The start would be around mid-late morning and covering around 150-200 miles, with a lunch/fuel stop midway. Cars depart the start, one or two minutes apart, start positions pulled from a hat. The route can on occasion cross over itself, so it's not unusual to see cars coming the other way, making you second-guess your navigation. In the spirit of the event, and it's old-school nature, GPS etc is discouraged - just the route book and your speedo/tripmeter is all you need. Included is a sealed envelope with the destination if you get horribly lost. I thought such an event might add something a bit different to the usual Sunday run-out and Stoneleigh-once-a-year calendar. Back home in New Zealand in the '90's, there was an event run in the same format for motorcyclists that I entered called the Egmont 300 (300kms) which attracted well over 100 road bikes each year. It ran for five years, of which I attended four of - I missed the last one as I was in plaster with a broken foot from a crash, absolutely gutted as I would have been one of just a dozen to have done all five. After the first event, myself and many others made DIY map scrollers like on the Dakar bikes. We'd be given our route books about 1-1/2 hour before the start, and then madly cut up and tape the instructions into a long scroll before the start. Those green to the event (or couldn't be arsed) just duct-taped the pages (in the supplied poly-pocket) to their fuel tank. The finish was always at the start - a horse racecourse, where there was plenty of room for camping and a hall for a party/prize-giving. When that event stopped running (I think the routes were starting to repeat itself), my best mate and I ran the same format but smaller event in our own county for three years, which up to 40 bikes attended each time, called the Most Excellent Adventure. It covered around 200kms, and always finished in a different remote spot somewhere, where we all pitched our tents and wild-camped around a fire, got sozzled and told lies! So, who's up for it?!

@CosKev has a mate that fabricates alloy bits I think?

I used to be in tne waste industry and know quite a bit about speccing up bin wagons. Good chassis the Econics. I know all about what crews get up to as well. Double siding, grey waste, safety bypassing, I’ve seen the lot. I’ve been to more fatal inquests than I ever dreamed. Good on you for pushing safety. Never want to go to another one where a little girl gets reversed over, a Polish crew member gets crushed because he didn’t speak English, or see a homeless person compacted after falling asleep in an 1100l Taylor bin.

You know ten years ago this would have been a fake video about space alien invasions. How times have changed

Are you polishing more stuff with the tumbler.. is it a bored moment

Burton Power http://www.burtonpower.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=zetec+thermostat

Little and large

......and how come all the Norwegian cross country ski team are asthmatics. If nebulisers are make you go faster, I'll fit one to my Westfield.

That's one of Rockingham's own days, and it's already showing £215 on their website. There's a couple of people owed a day with them from the last one we did.. Weekend Warrior and Michael Whitworth?

I'll be running up in the morning (72 miles). Lue Howard from the North Oxfordshire area will be following. I must check the car over this evening ready for our 7am start. See everyone tomorrow Simon

Thanks Dave, just spoken to Luke and ordered the brackets to adapt it

cheers Geoff we will ?????????

Hope you all have a great time.

Yoooohoooo the suns out! Off we go

And pay the “green” supplier a crazy price for the activity. I’m no fan of green, but I do like progress. When it’s really practical I’d be happy to replace my zetec with an electric drive train and add a system that could make it sound like a Harley, US V8, 1980’s F1, Ferrari, Lamborghini, LFA, Thomas the Tank Engine, or even a zetec at the touch of a button. I don’t doubt the ability of mankind to develop the energy we need in the end, when there’s money to be made, just don’t let any government manage the project.

Yup ! Gotta go green at all costs

Easy. Instead of burning petrol at some 80% efficiency, take some oil or gas burn it at 60% efficiency, turn it to steam, lose more by running through a turbine, them more again by spinning a generator, yet more losses via storage and distribution along with losses as you convert from megavolts to 240AC, then use it to run an electric motor. Must end up turning that 80% efficient fuel into 5% to ensure we are all “green”

I think the 13amp E type sends a confusing message, why spoil a beautiful classic. I’m a big fan of electric and hybrid but why convert the past when a new design would have been more sensible and much less of an engineering compromise. Not sure where we will get all this electricity from on a day with little wind, but that’s a different question.

Hi guys, would love to meet up. Unfortunately I’m away from this Sunday to the following Sunday. Feel free to ping me a text/WhatsApp or whatever though - 07764 343249

Mine last night after fitting it's new Summer wheels

As bought - Feb 2017 And now 16 months later - different mirrors, headlights, seats, aeroscreen, front arches and wheels

Last night

The Wench outside The Dirty Duck in Stratford on Avon. The joys of being retired and going for a blat on a Monday afternoon.

Took my daughter out for a spin last weekend - which involved a quick shandy